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Kareena breaks her silence about ‘Ram Leela’

Kareena
Kapoor has been replaced by Priyanka Chopra to play the lead role in Sanjay
Leela Bhansali’s ‘Ram Leela’
and rumor surfaced that Bebo was dropped from the prestigious project owing to
her impending wedding which is coming in the way of film shooting but Kareena
Kapoor has a different story to tell. She said that it is because of the date and money issue
that forced her to walk out of ‘Ram
Leela’.

The actress
breaks her silence and said, “I walked out a week ago. I had allotted 100 days
for the shooting in August as per contract but Mr Bhansali wanted more days to
shoot. My managers Reshma Shetty and Zahid Khan thought about it and decided it
wasn't possible as I have signed three new big films for next year. The
shooting for one of them begins in October immediately after the release of
Heroine. I've also given 32 days of promotional time for Heroine as it's a very
special film for me. That wouldn't have been possible if I had given those
dates to Ram Leela."

She further
clarifies, "I am extremely ambitious and very career-oriented and my
personal life has never come in the way of of my career. My not doing this film
has nothing to do with my wedding. Everyone knows Saif and me have been
together in a relationship for the last five years and such stories about me
being replaced because I am getting married are floated by PR machineries on an
overdrive! So people, just back off and let me focus on my work!"

Kareena’s manager Zahid reveals the other major reason behind Bebo leaving the film. "We had fixed a lumpsum amount for a 100-day
shoot and had clarified that if the director took more time than that, we would
be compensated, on a per-day basis. Mr Bhansali was okay with it initially but
later he asked for more days and didn't want to pay us extra for those days. We
thought it's better to do three films in 150 days than just get stuck with
one."